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... For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/2-16.htm
... Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are. You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street! Even ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/10-3.htm
... To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-21.htm
... Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg. ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-7.htm
... A fool spurns a parent's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. Only a fool despises a parent's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise. A fool despises his father's ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/15-5.htm
... Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-28.htm
... Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest. Like ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-1.htm
... It is to one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling. It is ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/20-3.htm
... Then I said to myself, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?" I said to myself, "This ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/2-15.htm
... Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end. Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back. A fool gives full ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/29-11.htm
... Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them. You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-22.htm
... Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-4.htm
... Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. A fool takes no ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-2.htm
... Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them. There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-12.htm
... Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-12.htm
... Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. "Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin." The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh. The fool ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm
... What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others? So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/6-8.htm
... Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools. Discretion is a life-giving fountain to those who possess it, but discipline is wasted on fools ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/16-22.htm
... For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/53-1.htm
... For the director of music. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/14-1.htm
... Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by. An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an archer who shoots at random ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-10.htm
... Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths. Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-7.htm
... The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. A wise person thinks a lot about death, while ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/7-4.htm
... Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them. There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/29-20.htm
... Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-5.htm
... As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly. As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. Like a dog that returns ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-11.htm
... Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-16.htm
... Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools. Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten. Condemnation is ready ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/19-29.htm
... Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless. A fool's laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/7-6.htm
... The wise fear the LORD and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure. The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence. ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-16.htm
... The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/15-2.htm
... Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning and even among fools she lets herself be known. Wisdom is enshrined in an understanding heart; wisdom is not found among fools. Wisdom ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-33.htm
... The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly. Wealth is a crown for the wise; the effort of fools yields only foolishness. The ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-24.htm
... Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot. Like one who binds ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-8.htm
... All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly. Wise people think before they act; fools don't — and even brag about their foolishness. Every prudent man ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-16.htm
... Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble. Whoever walks ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-20.htm
... The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both. For the wise can see ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm
... and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming- who can tell someone else what will happen after them? they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/10-14.htm
... The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others. The way of ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/12-15.htm
... The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception. The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. The ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-8.htm
... Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. The ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/10-12.htm
... Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this: The stupid man cannot know; the ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/92-6.htm
... Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words. Don't waste your breath on fools, for they will despise the wisest advice. Do not speak in the ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/23-9.htm
... a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat, a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers, a slave when he becomes king ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-22.htm
... The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame. The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame! The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace. ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/3-35.htm
... The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash. The heart of ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/15-14.htm
... Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe. Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/28-26.htm
... Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on? Understand, ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/94-8.htm
... Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool. Better is a poor person ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/19-1.htm
... fool- how much worse lying lips to a ruler! Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler. Fine speech is not becoming to a ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-7.htm
... of the earth. The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-24.htm
... Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright. Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation. Fools mock at ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-9.htm
... Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins. Some were fools through their sinful ways ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/107-17.htm
... For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; For simpletons turn away from me — to death. Fools are destroyed by their ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-32.htm
... of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married ...
https://biblehub.com/2_samuel/13-13.htm
... The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town. Fools are so exhausted by a little work that they can't even find their way home. The ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/10-15.htm
... The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, ...
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-11.htm
... He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges. He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges ...
https://biblehub.com/job/12-17.htm
... A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom. Doing wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible. ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-23.htm
... The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray. The officials of Zoan are fools, and the ...
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-13.htm
... Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise. Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind. The fool ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/11-29.htm
... For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water ...
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-6.htm
... under the sun. How meaningless! and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/2-19.htm
... If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace. If a wise person takes a fool to court, there ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/29-9.htm
... The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-7.htm
... No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected. In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected. The fool will ...
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-5.htm
... The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright. The lips of the wise give good advice; the heart of a fool has none to ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/15-7.htm
... A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror. The sword will strike her wise counselors, and ...
https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/50-36.htm
... The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense. The words of the godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-21.htm
... . You foolish people, show some understanding. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/8-5.htm
... Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. Rescue me from my rebellion. Do not let fools mock me. Deliver me from all my ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/39-8.htm
... who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who overthrows the learning of the wise and turns it into nonsense, I expose the false prophets as liars and ...
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/44-25.htm
... I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster. ...
https://biblehub.com/job/5-3.htm
... Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-9.htm
... The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites disaster. The wise lay up knowledge ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-14.htm
... both. A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is even heavier. A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-3.htm
... A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-10.htm
... him, but the words of the wise keep them safe. By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-3.htm
... gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools. Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get ...
https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/17-11.htm
... to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. As you enter the house of God ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/5-1.htm
... for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. And a great road will go through that once deserted ...
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/35-8.htm
... a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. When you make a promise to God, don't delay in following ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm
... It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/19-10.htm
... you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? "How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-22.htm
... Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool. The one who conceals hatred has lying ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-18.htm
... quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. Better to hear the quiet words of a wise person than the shouts of a foolish ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/9-17.htm
... Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool. Be not quick in your ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm
... is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools. Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool. ...
https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/7-5.htm
... Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac. The time of Israel's punishment has come; the day ...
https://biblehub.com/hosea/9-7.htm
... A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-19.htm
... Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison. Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off one's feet or drinking ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-6.htm
... ? Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: "Should Abner have died as fools die? And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a ...
https://biblehub.com/2_samuel/3-33.htm
... for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-3.htm
... today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong." Then Saul confessed, "I have sinned. Come ...
https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/26-21.htm
... fool's heart blurts out folly. The wise don't make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their foolishness. A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/12-23.htm
... The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces. The wise ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-8.htm
... A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land. They are nameless fools, outcasts from society. A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out ...
https://biblehub.com/job/30-8.htm
... , leaving all their wealth behind. For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. For it is clear ...
https://biblehub.com/psalms/49-10.htm
... Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin. People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace. Whoever winks the eye causes ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-10.htm
... Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted. The vexation of a fool is ...
https://biblehub.com/proverbs/12-16.htm
